High Light-Transmittance Fibre Glass Surface Paper and Preparation Method Therefor

ABSTRACT

A high-transparence fiberglass paper includes vegetable parchment which is successively coated with a base layer, a second layer and a protective layer on both sides. The base layer and protective layer are prepared using water-based paints, while the second layer is prepared using UV ink through curing. The transparency and surface smoothness of the fiber is thereby greatly improved. Through treatment on the both surfaces, the paper can be processed into a light and smooth paper, with a surface smoothness of both sides more than 200 s, just like hyaline paper.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a U.S. National Stage entry under the PatentCooperation Treaty of international application no. PCT/CN2015/078715,filed 12 May 2015, which in turn claims priority of Chinese PatentApplication Number 201510116522.2, filed 17 Mar. 2015. This applicationclaims priority of both of these applications.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The invention belongs to the technical field of packing materials,specifically, a kind of high-transparence fiberglass paper with strongtransparency and high surface smoothness. Meanwhile, the invention alsoinvolves a manufacturing method of the high-transparence fiberglasspaper.

BACKGROUND

Vegetable parchment (also known as tracing paper) is the only kind ofpaper with the feature of transparency in market. It is mainly used fortracing, transfer and plate making, and limited printing. Vegetableparchment is a kind of film paper made from fine plant fibers which areinterwoven with each other, soaked in 72% concentrated sulfuric acid for2-3 s after free beating and papermaking processes in wet conditionswithout gluing or filling, washed with clean water, and then processedwith glycerinum and dried. The vegetable parchment manufactured by thismethod is solid, compact and semitransparent. However, it has a roughsurface and poor flatness. Smoothness is generally less than 90 s. Thereare drawbacks such as poor color restoration, inadaptability tofin-screen printing and insufficient definition of barcode recognitionwhen vegetable parchment is used for package printing, which result ingreat limitations on its application in the printing industry;meanwhile, the loose pure fiber structure on the vegetable parchmentsurface also largely reduces its transparent property and limits theproper transparency of packaging products.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING(S)

FIG. 1 shows the overall structure diagram of high-transparencefiberglass paper.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The invention aims to solve problems in existing technology, and providea kind of high-transparence fiberglass paper with strong transparencyand high surface smoothness used for product packaging. Meanwhile, theinvention also provides the manufacturing method of thehigh-transparence fiberglass paper.

Unless otherwise stated, the present percentage of the specification isa quality percentage.

The purpose of the invention will be realized by the following technicalschemes.

A high-transparence fiberglass paper, including a vegetable parchment isprovided, wherein the vegetable parchment is successively coated with abase layer, a second layer and a protective layer on both sides; thebase and protective layers are made of water-based paints, while thesecond layer is made of UV ink through curing. The water-based paintused by the base layer is preferentially selected from one ofpolyurethane solutions modified by water-based acrylic acid, while thewater-based paint used by the protective layer is preferentiallyselected from one of the water-based acrylic acid solutions.

A surface density of the vegetable parchment is 50-150 g/m² and athickness of the vegetable parchment is 0.05-0.12 mm.

A manufacture method of making the high-transparence fiberglass papercomprises:

(1) preparation of the vegetable parchment: select the vegetableparchment of 50-150 g/m² surface density and 0.05-0.12 mm thickness as abasal layer and for spare use.

(2) the base layer coating: adopt an anilox of 200-120 lines/inch andcoat polyurethane solution modified by water-based acrylic acid onto twosurfaces of the vegetable parchment with a coating density of 5-8 g/m².

(3) The second layer coating: adopt a ceramic anilox of 200-120lines/inch and coat with UV ink of 20-50 Pa·S viscosity on the baselayer with a coating density of 8-15 g/m².

(4) the second layer smoothing and embellishing: utilize a chrome platemirror steel roller to smooth the second layer with a speed of 30-60 m/sand pressure of 1-2.5 KPA.

(5) Curing: exposure the second layer after smoothing and embellishingto an ultraviolet lamp (dedicated for UV ink) of 300-600 millijoulepower for 1-3 seconds until a UV curing membrane is generated on thesurfaces of the second layer; the UV lamp is a mercury lamp or LEDlight.

(6) the protective layer coating: adopt an anilox of 300-200 lines/inchand coat with a water-based acrylic acid solution onto two surfaces ofthe second layer UV curing membrane with a coating density of 3-6 g/m².Finally, the needed high transparent fiberglass paper is prepared.

Compared to existing technology, the invention has the followingbeneficial effects:

1. In addition to properties of the vegetable parchment of the samesize, transparency and surface smoothness of the high-transparencefiberglass paper of the invention are improved significantly, and thehigh-transparence fiberglass paper is characterized in its light andsmooth surface; through treatment on both surfaces of the vegetableparchment, the paper can be processed into light and smooth paper withsurface smoothness on both sides more than 200 s, just like hyalinepaper.

2. This invention is features simple processing and wide application.

Specific Implementation

Further description of this invention is provided below in accordancewith the FIGURE and embodiments. The embodiments are for description andexplanation of this invention only, and shall not be used to define thisinvention.

As shown in the FIGURE, the high-transparence fiberglass paper selects avegetable parchment 1 with a 50-150 g/m2 surface density and 0.05-0.12mm thickness as a basal layer. Vegetable parchment 1 shall besuccessively coated with a base layer 2, a second layer 3 and aprotective layer 4 on both sides; the base layer 2 is made bypolyurethane solutions modified by water-based acrylic acid, theprotective layer 4 is made by a water-based acrylic acid solution, andthe second layer 3 is made by UV ink through curing; the base layer 2 isused to connect the vegetable parchment 1 and the second layer 3.

Preparation Embodiment 1

This embodiment describes the manufacture method of high-transparencefiberglass paper, which includes the following steps:

(1) preparation of the vegetable parchment: select the vegetableparchment of 50 g/m² surface density and 0.05 mm thickness as a basallayer and for spare use;

(2) the base layer coating: adopt an anilox of 200 lines/inch and coatwith a polyurethane solution modified by water-based acrylic acid ontotwo surfaces of the vegetable parchment with a coating density of 5g/m²;

(3) The second layer coating: adopt a ceramic anilox of 200 lines/inchand coat the UV ink of 20 Pa·S viscosity on the base layer with acoating density of 8 g/m²;

(4) the second layer smoothing and embellishing: utilize a chrome platemirror steel roller to smooth the second layer with a speed of 30 m/sand pressure of 1 KPA;

(5) Curing: expose the second layer after smoothing and embellishing toa ultraviolet lamp (dedicated for UV ink) of 300 millijoule power for 1second until a UV curing membrane is generated on the surfaces of thesecond layer; wherein the UV lamp is mercury lamp;

(6) the protective layer coating: adopt an anilox of 300 lines/inch andcoat water-based acrylic acid solution onto two surfaces of the UVcuring membrane of the second layer with a coating density of 3 g/m².Finally, the needed high transparent fiberglass paper is prepared.

Preparation Embodiment 2

This embodiment describes the manufacturing method of high-transparencefiberglass paper, which includes the following steps:

(1) Preparation of the vegetable parchment: select the vegetableparchment of 150 g/m² surface density and 0.12 mm thickness as a basallayer and for spare use;

(2) the base layer coating: adopt an anilox of 120 lines/inch and coatwith a polyurethane solution modified by water-based acrylic acid ontotwo surfaces of the vegetable parchment with a coating density of 8g/m²;

(3) the second layer coating: adopt a ceramic anilox of 120 lines/inchand coat the UV ink of 50 Pa·S viscosity on the base layer with acoating density of 15 g/m²;

(4) the second layer smoothing and embellishing: utilize a chrome platemirror steel roller to smooth the second layer with speed of 60 m/s andpressure of 2.5 KPA;

(5) curing: expose the second layer after smoothing and embellishing tothe ultraviolet lamp (dedicated for UV ink) of 600 millijoule power for1-3 seconds until a UV curing membrane is generated on the surface ofthe second layer; wherein the UV lamp is a LED light;

(6) the protective layer coating: adopt an anilox of 200 lines/inch andcoat water-based acrylic acid solution onto two surfaces of the UVcuring membrane of the second layer with a coating density of 6 g/m².Finally, the needed high transparent fiberglass paper is prepared.

Preparation Embodiment 3

This embodiment describes the manufacture method of high-transparencefiberglass paper, which includes the following steps:

(1) preparation of the vegetable parchment: select the vegetableparchment of 100 g/m² surface density and 0.08 mm thickness as a basallayer and for spare use;

(2) the base layer coating: adopt an anilox of 160 lines/inch and coatpolyurethane solution modified by water-based acrylic acid onto twosurfaces of the vegetable parchment with a coating density of 6.5 g/m²;

(3) the second layer coating: adopt a ceramic anilox of 150 lines/inchand coat the UV ink of 35 Pa·S viscosity on the base layer with acoating density of 10 g/m²;

(4) the second layer smoothing and embellishing: utilize a chrome platemirror steel roller to smooth the second layer with speed of 45 m/s andpressure of 1.8 KPA;

(5) curing: expose the second layer after smoothing and embellishing tothe ultraviolet lamp (dedicated for UV ink) of 480 millijoule power for2 seconds until a UV curing membrane is generated on the surface of thesecond layer; wherein the UV lamp is the LED light;

(6) The protective layer coating: adopt an anilox of 250 lines/inch andcoat water-based acrylic acid solution onto two surfaces of the secondlayer UV curing membrane with a coating density of 5 g/m². Finally, theneeded high transparent fiberglass paper is prepared.

During the practical production process, required high-transparencefiberglass paper can be manufactured by adjusting the PreparationEmbodiment 1-3 and then roll up and segment according to specifications.

The above-mentioned embodiments are preferred embodiments of thisinvention, which do not restrict the invention. Though detailedexplanation has been made by referring to the above-mentionedembodiments, professional technicians could still change those technicalproposals established in the above-mentioned embodiments or replace sometechnical features. Any modification, change, improvement within theconcept and principle of this invention shall be included in theprotection scope of this invention.

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 5. A high-transparence fiberglass paper comprising avegetable parchment successively coated, on both sides thereof, with abase layer, a second layer and a protective layer, said base andprotective layers being made of respective water-based paints, and saidsecond layer being made of cured UV ink.
 6. The high-transparencefiberglass paper of claim 5, wherein the paint of which the base layeris made is a polyurethane solution modified by a water-based acrylicacid; and the paint of which the protective layer is made is awater-based acrylic acid solution.
 7. The high-transparence fiberglasspaper of claim 5, wherein: the vegetable parchment has a surface densityin a range of 50-150 g/m² and a thickness in a range of 0.05-0.12 mm. 8.A method for manufacturing high-transparence fiberglass papercomprising: selecting as a base layer a vegetable parchment having asurface density in a range of 50-150 g/m² and a thickness in a range of0.05-0.12 mm; using a first anilox having a lines/inch characteristic ina range of 200-120 lines/inch, coating both sides of the base layer witha water-based paint with a density in a range of 5-8 g/m², saidwater-based paint being a polyurethane emulsion modified by water-basedacrylic acid; using the first anilox, applying a second coating layer onboth sides of the base layer, said second coating layer comprising UVink having a viscosity in a range of 20-50 Pa·S and a coating density ina range of 8-15 g/m²; and using a chrome plate mirror steel roller,smoothing the second coating layer at a speed in a range of 30-60 m/sand with a pressure of 1.0-2.5 KPA. curing the second coating layer byexposing it to a UV ink-specific ultraviolet lamp having a power in arange of 300-600 millijoule for a curing period in a range of 1-3seconds, thereby forming a UV curing membrane on the second coatinglayer; and using a second anilox having a lines/inch characteristic in arange of 300-200 lines/inch, applying, to both surfaces of the curedsecond coating layer, a protective layer comprising water-based paintwith a coating density in a range of 3-6 g/m², said water-based paintcomprising a water-based acrylic acid emulsion.